#9E893B#9E893B

#9E893B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.101 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E893B
RGB	rgb(158, 137, 59)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 62.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.54, -1.66, 43.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.54, 43.76, 92.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.0075 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.101 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8367, 25.4774, 7.7989)
Luminance	0.2548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E893B #3B509E

analogous

#9E583B #9E893B #819E3B

triadic

#9E893B #3B9E89 #893B9E

tetradic

#9E893B #3B9E58 #3B509E #9E3B81

square

#9E893B #3B9E58 #3B509E #9E3B81

split-complementary

#9E893B #3B819E #583B9E

monochromatic

#453C1A #71622A #9E893B #C0AA56 #D1C083

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9E893B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#9E893B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E893B

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E893B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E893B	1.00	3.45	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e893b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 137, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.101 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab74',
    500: '#9e893b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e893b;
$custom-light: #bdab74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e893b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 45.622,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63343,
    "c": 0.10082,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E893B

secondary

#7A88BB

accent

#6ED553

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E893B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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